The artist for the first time
in our history has a chance to produce with the sure knowledge
that his work will be used by the society in which he lives. -- Ralph M. Pearson, America Today:
A Book of 100 Prints, 1936
Those who ran New Deal art projects were
often artists themselves, but they were artists who thought
art should not be limited to an elite. MORE...
Posters
Nowhere can the New Dealers' desire to serve
the wider community through art be seen more clearly than
in the posters produced by federal agencies during the Great
Depression. MORE...
